Summer School 2012
The 8th Tower Poetry Summer School for young poets aged 18-23 will be held in Christ Church, Oxford from 28-31 August 2012. The tutors will be Alan Gillis (University of Edinburgh, Scotland) and Kevin Young (Emory University, Atlanta, USA).
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| Winners 2007 : Runner-up : Alice Howlett |
Alice HowlettSt George’s School for Girls, Edinburgh Before DawnLooking for stars as you sleep, and missing them, drowsily I knowthat if I could, I’d take you somewhere the weather tells us yes and doesn’t toss and turn, moan, blearily roll over; I’ve had enough of this sullen chill, this hibernating sky. With a short sharp lift, we’d leave this wet November and we’d rise, freed, paper-lantern-like from Edinburgh into higher, thinner air; and then the stars we’d see, your face tight against the window, would challenge us to keep on loving our city’s nightly glitter: Arcturus, Vega, and galaxies, nebulae, indistinct, radiant; and I’d feel a subtle surge that meant we were part of something greater, far greater, and you’d nestle back down, your head on my shoulder, until it was time to wake you. |
About Tower Poetry
Tower Poetry exists to encourage and challenge everyone who reads or writes poetry. Funded by a generous bequest to Christ Church, Oxford, by the late Christopher Tower, the aims of Tower Poetry are clear: to stimulate an enjoyment and critical appreciation of poetry, particularly among young people in education, and to challenge people to write their own poetry. Creative writing should be a central element in literary education, and learning about writing poetry can help students to think about ways of reading poetry.
Publications
Poems from the 7th Tower Poetry Summer School 2010
Edited by Daljit Nagra and Jo Shapcott
The Twelve contains 56 poems from the 12 young poets who attended the Summer School.